Inner top fastener for burial-casket covers



INNER TOP FASTENER FOR BURIAL CASKET COVERS Filed Oct. 29, 1927 1 "IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII- ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 8, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM A. GRIM AND WALTER S. GRIM, OF BOYERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA INNER TOP FASTENER FOR BURIAL-CASKET COVERS Application filed October 29, 1927. Serial No. 229,700.

10 to cam against the flange of a cover to hold the cover in place securely, and in such wise as to bear upon a rubber packing between the body and the cover the tighter the clamp is cammed against the flange of the cover, the

15 more secure the cover is drawn against the flange of the body of the casket.

Another purpose is to provide means to prevent rotating displacement of the member which is forced up through the flange of the body.

Still another purpose is to provide a finger or hand piece on the clamp in order to be engaged by the hand of an operator, for the purpose of releasing the clamp to enable the cover to be removed.

lVhile there are only two of the fasteners disclosed it is to be understood that there may be as many fasteners along the sides as desired preferably eight of them, while there may be :19 at least two of them at the ends to insure holding the cover firmly in position.

It is to be understood that the particulars herein given are in no way limitive, and that while still keeping within the scope of the invention, any desired modification of details and proportions may be made in the construction of the appliance according to circumstances.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts to be hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a View in perspective of a portion of the body of a casket showing its cover in place, and illustrating at least two of the the dominant member of the fastener, that is fasteners as applied, the cover and the body of the casket being in section as well as appearing in perspective.

Figure 2 is a detail perspective view of the member which is forced up through the flange of the body of the casket.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the fastener. Referring to the drawings, 1 identifies the body of the casket, which is provided with e.

a marginal flange 2 around the opening of the casket. The under face of the flange has a filler 3 of any suitable fibre material such as wood or the like, and 4 identifies the dominant member of the fastener.

This dominant member is in the form of a tapered body, the lower end of which is provided with fins or flanges 5, which are tapered. When the dominant member is forced up through the li ange and through the filler the fins or flanges imbed in the fibre filler and thereby prevent rotation of the dominant member.

The upper part of the dominant member of 'tl'ie fastener is bifurcated as shown at 6 and 7 seated in a groove 14 of the flange of the body of the casket. The tighter the camming clamp 7 is forced into position, the tighter the flange of the cover is held in place. Also the tighter 85 the camining clamp is forced into securing position the tighter the cover and the body of the casket are drawn toward each other through the medium of the tapered dominant member and the camming clamp.

Formed integrally with the camming clamp, disposed transversely of one of its approximate radial edges, is a transversely disposed finger or hand piece 15, the purpose of which being to enable the camming clamp to be released or rather moved on its pivot from engagement with the bead of the flange of the cover, by engaging the fingers of the operators hand with the finger piece. I hen the camming clamp is released from frictional camming engagement with the bead 10, and moved freely from the path of the cover, the cover may be easily removed.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is 2- 1. In a fastener for inner top burial caskets, a dominant member to be driven up through a marginal flange of a casketbody andbeing tapered to wedge in position, a ca-mming clamp pivotally mounted at the upper endrof said dominant member and having an arcuate edge to bear against the flange of casket cover to draw the cover tight against the casket body.

2. In a fastener for inner top burial caskets, a dominant member to be driven up through a marginal flange of a casket body and being tapered to wedge in position, a camming clamp pivotally mounted at the upper end of said dominant member and having an arcuate edge to bear against the flange of a casket cover to draw the cover tight against the casket body, and means to prevent rotation of the dominant member.

3. In a fastener for inner top burial caskets, a dominant member to be driven up through a marginal flange of a casket body and being tapered to wedge in position, a camming clamppivotally mounted at the upper end of said dominant member and having an arcuate edge to bear against the flange of a casket cover to draw the cover tight against the casket body, means to prevent rotationof the dominant member, and a finger piece extending transversely of one edge of the camming clamp whereby the clamp may be released.

d. In an inner top fastener for burial cas kets, a dominant member tapered and passing upwardly through a marginal flange of a casket body, said dominant member having flanges or fins to enge e in a tiller of the of the body to preven rotation of the dominant member, a camminq' clamp pivotally mounted at the upper end or said member and having an arcuate edge to bear against the flange of a casket cover, and to cooperate with the tapered part of the dominant member to draw the cover and the body together, and a finger piece carriedtransversely of one edge of the camming clamp, whereby said clamp may be released from engagement with the flange of said cover.

5. In a fastener for inner top burial caskets, an upstanding member carried by a side flange of the casket body, the upper end of said member being bifurcated, a segment clamp pivoted within said bifurcation and provided with an areuate edge adapted to bear against a ridge of a flange of a cover to draw the cover toward the flange of a casket body, and a finger piece projecting laterally from both sides of the clamps and located at one of its remote ends, whereby the clamp may be released.

In testimony whereof they atfix their signatures.

WILLIAM A. GRIM.

WALTER S. GRIM. 

